*Screenings followed by Q&A with the director
Life In Synchro
Directed by Angela Pinaglia
USA / 2020 / 53 mins
Synchronized ice skating was founded in 1956 as one of the few sports without a male counterpart. The film follows Emily, a Team USA skater, and 66-year-old Heidi who found her passion for skating later in life.
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Medicating Normal
Directed by Lynn Cunningham & Wendy Ractliffe
USA / 2020 / 76 mins
Fifty million Americans are physiologically dependent on prescribed psychiatric drugs that are tested and promoted by huge profit-driven corporations. Long term use can often lead to worse outcomes.
The Hoy Boys
Directed by Dave Simonds
USA / 2019 / 69 mins
Working-class twin brothers Tom and Frank Hoy became White House News Photographers for The Washington Post and The Evening Star. Their iconic photographs provide a lens through which we view the complexities of the past and the chaos of the current media landscape.
The Ringmaster
Directed by Dave Newberg & Molly Dworsky
USA / 2019 / 90 mins
An aging chef from Minnesota has his life turned upside down when a relentless filmmaker from Las Vega tries to make the chef’s onion rings world famous.
Up From The Streets
Directed by Michael Murphy
USA / 2019 / 103 mins
New Orleans music and its extensive influence around the world hosted by Oscar nominee and 6-time Grammy Winner Terence Blanchard . With Afro-Caribbean influence to Mardi Gras Indians and Second Line parades, New Orleans is home to a unique mesh of cultures.
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